I have an old hardback recipe book, from about 1945, comprised of recipes sent by readers into The Farmers Journal of that time. It's really interesting, there are some amazing recipes (rook pie with figgy pastry, anyone?!).
But what has always intrigued me is the Scroggin Cake. It's a proper cake, with flour/sugar/fat; and the fruit element is a fruit called a scroggin. You even top and tail it, according to the instructions. So perhaps it's a gooseberry, or a currant.
But I would love to know! I have done several web-searches, with no luck.
I think perhaps it's a regional name; does anyone remember their grandparents or great grandparents talking about picking or eating scroggins?
2006-09-06
09:10:14
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Gardenclaire
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